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> The Best MP3 Encoder is LAME The best open source MP3 encoder, which still makes LAME very important. If you need the absolute best MP3 encoder, ABX testing
by CharlesW 3y ago
> The Best MP3 Encoder is LAME
The best open source MP3 encoder, which still makes LAME very important. If you need the absolute best MP3 encoder, ABX testing against Fraunhofer’s encoder tells the tale.
- pier25 3y agoCan you elaborate?
- djkoolaide 3y agoI'm interested in knowing more, but after a few minutes of searching, I can't seem to find a modern macOS implementation of the reference Fraunhofer codec. All my tools (Audition, xACT, ffmpeg, and even dbpoweramp) use various versions of LAME. Does Fraunhofer's encoder preserve above 20kHz at 320kbps?
- mannyv 3y agoApparently Music uses it...or at least it used to. https://podcastengineeringschool.com/itunes-uses-fraunhofer/ https://podcastengineeringschool.com/itunes-uses-fraunhofer/
- astrange 3y agoiTunes' MP3 encoder is awful, so that's not a good sign. It's iTunes' AAC encoder that's good.
- mannyv 3y agoHaven't encoded anything with iTunes/Music's mp3 encoder in years, ever since AAC came out. What's amusing is that speakers may have been optimizing themselves for LAME, since it's pretty much the dominant encoder.
- mannyv 3y agoAs an aside, the docs attached to the repo referenced above has the first good explanation of "joint stereo" I've ever seen. I remember seeing the "joint stereo" button on the first encoders, and nobody ever said what that actually did.